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Subject: Re: [OM] I borrowed some of Jim's fake bumble bees
From: Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:05:25 -0400
Whoops...

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=135753&ppuser=20714

Forgetting a lot these days.

Old Rick

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:04 AM, Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Duh... here's the other extreme.
>
> Inspired by Jim and then Chuck, I grabbed my trust OM-1n, *film*, and my
> 100/2.8 Zook,
> added a 20mm extension tube... and forgot to stop down. Can anyone say,
> "DOF?"
>
> Rick
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the stopdown tip.  That might be worth trying.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> > Those are very nice, Chuck.  Nothing wrong with your focusing ability
>> > --at F11 no less.  You should get those Zuikos out to play more often.
>> > Thanks for  posting those.
>> >
>> > I was thing that perhaps having an adapter w/o the stop down pin might
>> > be easier for hand-held shots such as these.  Focus wide open, after
>> > pre-determining desired dof and stop down with the dof preview button.
>> > Never done that, but would seem an improvement.
>> >
>> > The Rose of  Sharon in your neck of the woods have also bloomed waaay
>> > early.  I think our garden is 3 weeks ahead of normal.  Rose of Sharon
>> > are a bit odd--they seem to take forever to break dormancy in the
>> > spring and after a hard winter I think they might have bit the dust.  I
>> > like the fact that they bloom late, but not this year.  Our  "Back to
>> > School" and "Autumn Blaze" hybrid Daylilies are already blooming as
>> > well.  I gave them specific instructions to wait for Moose.
>> > Mike
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks.  Yes, having to focus everything at f/11 in subdued daylight
>> > was
>> > not particularly easy.  At least it gives instant feedback on DOF.  :-)
>> >
>> > Chuck Norcutt
>> >
>> >
>> > C.H.Ling wrote:
>> >> Nice catch! Even with very good eyes, shooting moving insects is not
>> > easy
>> >> especially with manual lens stop down.
>> >>
>> >> C.H.Ling
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>
>> >>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Rose%20of%20Sharon/index.htm>
>> >>>
>> >>> The light was nice today after it finally stopped raining.  Amazingly
>> >>> these shots had to be adjusted up by almost 2 stops after I
>> > discovered
>> >>> that the camera and incident meter were a long ways apart on ISO :-)
>> > I
>> >>> deliberately set the meter and forgot to set the camera. I'm
>> > surprised
>> >>> that they held together as well as they did with such a large
>> > exposure
>> >>> adjustment.
>> >>>
>> >>> Hand held, Canon 5D, Zuiko 50/3.5 macro at f/11.
>> >>>
>> >>> They're not all in perfect focus but I've discovered I can use MF
>> > lenses
>> >>> more easily now that my cataracts are gone.  I think these are the
>> > first
>> >>> macro shots I've tried since the eye surgery about a year ago.  I
>> > guess
>> >>> the eyes are working better than the memory.
>> >>>
>> >>> Chuck Norcutt
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